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单词 contention
释义
contention
noun
uk
/kənˈten.ʃən/us
/kənˈten.ʃən/

contentionnoun(DISAGREEMENT)

[U]
thedisagreementthatresultsfromopposingarguments:
争论；纷争；口角
There's a lot of contention about thatissue- for everypersonfirmlyinfavour, there's someonefiercelyagainst it.那个问题争议很多——有一人坚决支持，就有一人激烈反对。
Theissuehas beensettled- it's nolongerincontention.这个问题已经解决——不再有争议。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Arguments & disagreements
  • argument
  • be (on) non-speakersidiom
  • belligerence
  • bickering
  • blow(someone/something)up
  • bust up
  • clash
  • conflict
  • contentiousness
  • contretemps
  • ding-dong
  • dispute
  • dust-up
  • hostility
  • kerfuffle
  • misunderstanding
  • personality clash
  • rhubarb
  • spat
  • squabble
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contentionnoun(OPINION)

[C]formal
anopinionexpressedin anargument:
论点；主张；看法
[+ that]It is her contentionthatexerciseis moreimportantthandietif youwanttoloseweight.她的看法是，要想减肥，锻炼比节食更重要。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Opinions, beliefs and points of view
  • Afrocentric
  • agnosticism
  • angle
  • anti-ideological
  • article of faith
  • ascription
  • bubble
  • creed
  • have/take a notion todo somethingidiom
  • helicopter view
  • heretical
  • hot take
  • idea
  • outlook
  • point of view
  • pole
  • politics
  • posture
  • pretension
  • prism
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contentionnoun(IN A COMPETITION)

in/out of contention forsomething
able/notabletoachieveorwinsomething,especiallyinsports:
Thislossputs them out of contention for theplayoffsthisyear.这次失利使他们失去了赢得今年的季后赛的机会。
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(Definition ofcontentionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
contention
noun
uk
/kənˈten.ʃən/us
/kənˈten.ʃən/

contentionnoun(DISAGREEMENT)

[U]
thedisagreementthatresultsfromopposingarguments
争论；纷争；口角
There's a lot of contention about thatissue- for everypersonfirmlyinfavour, there's someonefiercelyagainst it.那个问题争议很多——有一人坚决支持，就有一人激烈反对。
Theissuehas beensettled- it's nolongerincontention.这个问题已经解决——不再有争议。

contentionnoun(OPINION)

[C]formal
anopinionexpressedin anargument
论点；主张；看法
[+ that]It is her contentionthatexerciseis moreimportantthandietif youwanttoloseweight.她的看法是，要想减肥，锻炼比节食更重要。

contentionnoun(IN A COMPETITION)

be in/out of contention forsth
to beable/notabletoachieveorwinsomething,especiallyinsports
（尤指在体育运动中）有（没有）机会赢得…
Thislossputsthemout ofcontention for theplayoffsthisyear.这次失利使他们失去了赢得今年的季后赛的机会。

contention| American Dictionary

contention
noun
us
/kənˈten·ʃən/

contentionnoun(DISAGREEMENT)

[U]
disagreementresultingfromopposingarguments:
Theirrefusaltosignthetreatyremainsasourceof contention between the twocountries.

contentionnoun(OPINION)

[C]
anopinionexpressedin anargument:
[+ that clause]It’s her contention thatexerciseisalmostasimportantasdietif youwanttoloseweight.

contentionnoun(COMPETITION)

[U]
theactofcompetinginordertowinsomething or toachieveapositionofleadership:
Thebignamesslowlydroppedout of contention at thetournament.
(Definition ofcontentionfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcontention

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Similar contentions for increased provincial independence arose for other themes.
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Still, it was not an easy path that the journal took in attempting to diffuse its contentions during the last century.
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How can liberals react to the descriptive and the normative contentions of theorists of compulsion?
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Still, discovering that one's own contentions have been reaffirmed by a critic is rather encouraging-even though the reaffirmations have strangely been presented as corrections.
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Though we do not see clearly defined alternative policy controversies, it is certain that old policy contentions faded away.
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A short review does not allow sketching, let alone recounting in detail, the vast number of points and contentions set forth in this sprawling book of over 600 pages.
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Thus, these studies confirm theoretical contentions that community characteristics may moderate risk relations but also suggest that different risk factors may be more critical in different types of communities.
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However, understanding the validity of each of these contentions through prevention is impeded at this point due to the few prevention trials that have focused on the inner city.
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To be sure, the increased number of general bills could be consistent with the reformers' contentions that home rule forced state legislatures to abandon hostile, special legislation.
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I do not believe she would lie in order to support her former employer's contentions.
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During our proceedings so far we have dealt with a number of general economic matters and contentions.
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I have never heard of anybody having to give particulars of their line of arguments and contentions.
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The two contentions are not merely not the same, but they are irreconcilable.
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I shall state my three basic contentions before dealing with the detailed points about solid smokeless fuel.
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I do not think that these are contentions provisions.
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Collocationswithcontention

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bone of contention
The wording of resolution no. 11 was very tentative, with theboneofcontentionbeing the site of the collection station.
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main contention
Mymaincontentionis that coherence with intuitions adds no consequentialist value to the associated acts.
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medal contention
She nearly missed out of medal contention, when she finished sixth in the women's heptathlon with a total score of 5,120 points.
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